Call Her Mine (Harmony Pointe #1)- Melissa Foster Page 0,99
hips and said, “The guys will give me hell for dressing up as Darcy, but you can make up for that later.” He put his mouth beside her ear and whispered, “After Bea goes to sleep tonight, maybe we can act out your favorite scene from Charlotte Sterling’s latest erotic novel.”
She’d loved listening to the tape of Ben reading so much, he’d begun narrating her favorite passages from books and leaving recordings on thumb drives in unexpected places with sexy love notes. She’d found them in the diaper bag, in a cup in the pantry, and in her underwear drawer.
Her eyes sparked with heat, and she said, “Thanks, Ben. Now I’ll be thinking about that all day.”
“Good.” He pressed his lips to hers, and then he tilted his head and said, “Do you hear that?”
Her brow wrinkled. “What?”
She followed him out of the bedroom and into the living room. He pulled his phone from his pocket and turned on Lukas Graham’s “Love Someone.”
Aurelia had never heard this song before, and as she listened to the lyrics about opening up her heart and making room for someone she loved, Ben reached for her hand and began slow dancing.
“Ben . . . ?”
He gazed into her eyes, singing about how he pinched himself because he couldn’t believe she loved him. Every word found its way into her heart.
“We have more than an hour before anyone will be here,” he said as he dipped her over his arm.
When the song ended, he took a step back, and “Born to Be Yours” by Kygo and Imagine Dragons came on. Ben’s expression turned sinful, and in the space of a second he morphed from romantic to holy-fuck hot, hips thrusting to the beat, eyes locked on her. Adrenaline soared through Aurelia’s veins as Ben gyrated to the beat, his shoulders rocking as he strutted closer and dropped his coat to the floor, making her temperature spike. He danced around her, singing about how he’d never known anyone until he knew her and how he was born to be hers. She could barely contain herself, grinning like a fool and moving to the beat as he danced seductively around her, leaning in close with every move. He brushed his lips over hers as he grabbed the two sides of his shirt and tore it open, sending buttons flying across the room. She couldn’t contain her squeals and bounced on her toes as he sang and stripped, his hips moving so seductively, so manly and confident, she could practically feel his thick thighs pressing against hers.
“You wanted a striptease,” he practically growled. “My girl gets what she wants.”
“You remembered that from Claimed by Love?”
His eyes narrowed. “Yeah, but I don’t do other guys’ moves.”
He grabbed the front of his pants and yanked—hard—and the front panel separated from the back, leaving him in a very well-filled-out G-string. She squealed again and covered her gaping jaw as he dragged his slacks over her chest and said, “Stripper pants . . . Thank you, Derek.”
“Oh my God!” she whisper-laughed, trying not to wake Bea, but she was cracking up and so turned on, there was no hiding it!
She reached for him, and he ground his hard heat against her, lavishing her with dizzying kisses. He tore his mouth away and said, “I was born to be yours, baby, and you were born to be mine—”
The front door flew open, and Piper barged in, arms flailing, yammering about something with Willow, Bridgette, and Talia on her heels, all talking at once.
“Holy Christ,” Ben ground out as he shoved Aurelia in front of him. “What the hell? You’re not supposed to be here for another hour!”
The girls turned as if they hadn’t noticed them before.
“What the . . . ?” Piper stepped closer and peered around Aurelia, who was giggling and snort-laughing uncontrollably.
Willow spotted the clothes on the floor and said, “Ben’s stripping!”
Laughter burst from his sisters’ lungs, and they all started talking at once again.
“Ohmygod! I can’t!” Talia turned away, covering her eyes.
Piper circled Ben and said, “Is that a G-string?”
“Bodhi so has to do this!” Bridgette said, laughing hysterically.
“Shh!” he and Aurelia warned, both looking at the bedroom.
The front door flew open again, and Remi ran in yelling, “Hide me!” She ran behind Ben and said, “Those burly apes won’t leave me alone! I think Aiden really did have me chipped—Ohmygod! Ben! You’re naked!”
His sisters and Aurelia doubled over with laughter. Ben glowered at them all, and Bea wailed.
“I’ve got her!” Willow ran into the bedroom.
Ben looked at Aurelia, and the laughter in her eyes pushed away his annoyance, even as he noticed Piper videoing the chaotic scene. He didn’t care that he was in a G-string, or that Remi was going on about hiding from her bodyguards—or that two enormous men dressed in black suits barreled through the front door and froze as they took in the scene. Ben strode confidently to the table and retrieved the diamond ring he’d hidden beneath an open children’s book.
He pulled Aurelia into his arms and focused only on her joyful face. As he slid the two-carat rose-gold ring, with bar-set princess-cut rubies on either side of the center-mounted canary diamond, on her delicate finger, he said, “I love our crappy timing, and I love you, babe. I hope today is everything you have ever dreamed of.”
“It’s already surpassed my wildest dreams.” She went up on her toes to kiss him and said, “You’ve surpassed my wildest dreams. I love you, Ben, and I can’t wait to see what forever has in store for us.”
A NOTE FROM MELISSA
I hope you enjoyed Ben and Aurelia’s journey to coupledom. I always enjoy spending time with the Daltons and their wonderful friends, and I look forward to bringing you more Dalton and Harmony Pointe love stories. Willow, Bridgette, and Talia each have their own book and have found their happily ever afters in the Sugar Lake series, all of which are now available for your binge-reading pleasure.
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If this is your first Melissa Foster book, you might enjoy the rest of my big-family romance collection, Love in Bloom. Characters from each series make appearances in future books, so you never miss an engagement, wedding, or birth. A complete list of all series titles is included at the start of this book, and downloadable checklists are available on the Reader Goodies page of my website (MelissaFoster/RG).
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